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27th February 1992
27th February 1992
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LONDON LUNACY

• You can't help but admire the nerve of the London Boroughs Transport Committee. This non-elected body, which issues permits...

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Dip is set for limit( lash with EC

• The Department of Transport has confirmed that LGVs, including artics, with a gross weight over 16 tonnes and plated to tow...

URTU boss issues a writ against his union

• United Road Transport Union general secretary Frank Griffin has issued a writ against his own union and four of its executive...

TNT appeals over tribunal's decision

• TNT is appealing against an industrial tribunal decision to award 13 former employees £80,000 compensation after they were...

UK standards slip

• A report out this week says that customers in the UK do not demand such high distribution service standards as their...

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Lorry ban cuts appeal

• Operators may find it harder to appeal against permit refusals or conditions imposed under the crumbling London Lorry Ban,...

MIRA disappointed by Ruddock's green law

• Four months after it became law, Joan Ruddock's much-publicised vehicle seizure Act has failed to bring a single fly-tipper...

Limestone deal delay

• Yorkshire hauliers hoping to gain from British Steel's decision to switch 9,000 tonnes of limestone a week from rail to road...

DHL's !run of bad luck

• When owner-driver Rod Larkin found himself at Irun on the French/Spanish border without the necessary permit to continue his...

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Security blitz at Chunnel

• Details are emerging of the hi-tech security checks which truck drivers will face at the Channel Tunnel. Eurotunnel has...

EC haulage cost threat

• European transport commissioner Karel van Miert has warned that hauliers may have to pay more for the damage their trucks do...

Cardiff tipper crack down

• Cardiff traffic officers are cracking down on the influx of illegal tipper operators in the city. Cardiff Bay, the former...

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Schmitz exploits artic loophole

• Schmitz Trailers of Germany has designed a semi-trailer which exploits a loophole in the turning circle regulations governing...

VI recalls two trucks

MI Two trucks were recalled by the Vehicle Inspectorate in the second half of last year: AWD's TL814 and Mercedes' 1621....

UK heavy hauliers free from hours regs

• Drivers of notifiable abnormal loads are to be exempt from the drivers' hours law. The European Commission has granted UK...

Enlarged sleeper cab

• Volvo is offering a version of its FL6 4x2 tractor with an enlarged sleeper cab, but it is unlikely to be launched in Europe....

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Daf extracts more power

▪ As revealed by CM, Daf is experimenting with turbocompound versions of its forthcoming big-block truck engine, and has...

Ceejay wreckers ready for the Gulf

• Ceejay Systems is building three wreckers for a firm in Kuwait City using Toyota PZF 75 heavy-duty Land Cruiser chassis and...

Green Euro Sevel

I Emissions regulations have led to a further development in the complicated engine choice in the Fiat/Peugeot/Citroen Sevel...

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NFC boosts share option

• NFC admitted this week that it will struggle to achieve fullyear profits of £90-2,100m on a worldwide turnover of...

Parcelforce set to leave Royal Mail

• A long-term business plan aimed at further separating Parcelforce from the Royal Mail is about to be launched. The...

Wincanton takes on Intertrairs operation

• Wincanton Vehicle Management has taken over the running of Stoke-on-Trent-based contract hire firm, Intertrail, which has a...

Skip group wants news of injustice

• A group of independent skip hauliers are canvassing firms across the country to gather evidence of unfair practices by local...

Hall tippermen hit by rates cutback

• Southern tippermen working for RMC subsidiary Hall Aggregates face a rates cut with Hall claiming "the recession has finally...

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Ballyvesey sets up Euro Parts service

• The Ballyvesey group, which manufactures trailers at its Craven Tasker and Montracon factories, has established a spare parts...

Navistar in the red

• US truck manufacturer Navistar has reported a first quarter loss of $32m (g18.2m) and says it does not expect its results to...

US operator comes to UK

• US express haulage company Roberts Express plans to start UK operations early next year. Its European division, established...

Haulier faces losing his house

• Insolvent haulier Richard Clark and his wife Susan face losing their house, but are urging creditors not to make them...

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LA apologises for dela

• Burscoughbased Anthony Bridge, trading as Doyen Transport, received a public apology from North Western Licensing Authority...

Brothers are given three days' notice

oF - 4 !Oki • Two brothers were given three days' notice to get their vehicles through MoT tests or have their licence...

Defence arguments thrown out

• A driver and his employer were fined E650 for drivers' hours and tachograph offences after Abergavenny magistrates rejected...

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Shorrock licence increase

• Prestonbased farm haulier Richard Shorrock has had the authorisation on his licence increased from five to six vehicles at a...

Clayton hours fines

• Bradfordbased haulier Paul Clayton and four of his drivers were ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £1,625 after...

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Volvo power for Olympian

• Volvo Bus is planning to offer its 9.6-litre engine in the Olympian double-deck bus chassis, probably when production moves...

Two Welsh bus depots close

• The receiver of National Welsh has closed two of the company's three remaining depots — it has been trying to sell since it...

Talks continue on Maidstone sale

• The receiver has moved into Maidstone Boro'line. Talks with up to 30 potential purchasers have fallen through during the past...

Midimat offered in Dart midi

• Dennis is offering an alternative Voith transmision for its Dart midi chassis which is claimed to increase fuel economy and...

Clubstar goes 4x4

• The first 4x4 version of the 14-month-old German-built Clubstar has gone into service with Dusseldorf-based Maple Leaf...

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HAZCHEM

TRAINING H auliers have once again been left with hardly any time to comply with new legislation. From 1 July drivers of...

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4 0. Electronic Power • - c• 11.•• — ' 11 ' Shift. EPS does away

P e1,0 %.# with a conventional mechanical link between the gear lever and gearbox. Instead a small selector lever in the cab...

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tion in the UK. The fact that EPS is mandatory

has not been a significant restraint on sales: 'Even rental companies accept it for contract customers,' says Sullivan. "We are...

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Good intentions

• Over the past year the UK road haulage industry has displayed a commendable mixture of courage and compassion. Truck loads of...

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INTERNATIONAL

ALBANIA 1 transit was being negotiated. One driver joined the convoy with only a visitor's passport, he claims. Although Van...

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ONEITAIN

• It's a fact of life that distribution contracts change hands. An operator proposes a better deal than the existing haulier...

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If NFC and the TGWU are successful, the consequences for the haulage industry, and other industries, will be

far reaching I Victor Ross believes that NFC's interpretation of the regulations is in line with the original purpose of the...

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NCS • Peter Nickell had been a driver for 25 years and an owner-driver for four years when the Driver Vehicle Licencing Agency...

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Quality defence

• Ivan Chubbock (CM 6-12 Feb) questions the practicality of working within BS 5750 while continuing to offer a 24-hour recovery...

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eaders with long memories will recall the Hawk's bumper Christmas

competition page (CM 19-26 Dec 1991). At last the winners can be revealed, plucked by the Hawk's glamorous assistant, Betty,...

Id hese pictures show the complicated operation required when Aberconwy local

authority in Wales services its 1902 cable tramcar system, which provides the holiday resort of Llandudno with a novel public...

Another classic give-away

Ei hose who caught the competition bug following the Hawk's Christmas special have the chance to win a copy of Classic Hauliers...